DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISH

Chairman: Jonathan D. Longfellow, 1952.

Garner Wood Denmead, 1953; W. Desmond Walker, 1954;
William B. Holton, 1955; Charles G. Nathan, 1956.
Ernest A. Vaughn, Director

Harold Smith Kolmer, Executive Director
George B. Shields, Chief Game Warden
Edwin M. Barry, Chief, Inland Fish Management
Chester M. Kearns, Chief, Game Management
Malcolm E. King, Public Relations Director
Albert M. Powell, Superintendent Fish Hatcheries
L. Maurice Amoss, Accountant

512 Munsey Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Saratoga 3054

Region I: Allegany, Garrett and Washington Counties
Joseph A. Minke, Regional Game Warden
Dale Howard Arner, Wildlife Field Superintendent
Region II: Frederick, Carroll, Howard, and Montgomery Counties

Benjamin F. Phebus, Regional Game Warden
Lewis S. Rudasill, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region III: Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's Counties

Arthur D. Jones, Regional Game Warden
Phillip D. Lines, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region IV: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil and Harford Counties

Gordon L. Saunders, Regional Game Warden
George D. P. Parterson, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region V: Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot. Counties
James W. Ivens, Jr., Regional Game Warden
Howard R. Zeller, Wildlife Field Superintendent

Region VI: Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties

Battie Mixon, Regional Game Warden
John Warren, Wildlife Field Superintendent

The Department of Game and Inland Fish is associated with the
Board of Natural Resources. The present Department, established in
1943, superseded the Game and Inland Fish Commission and the
game and inland fish functions of the Conservation Department.
The Department of Game and Inland Fish is under the direction of
a non-salaried commission of five members appointed by the Governor
from the several geographical regions of the State. The term of each
member is five years, one term expiring each year. The Commission
elects a chairman and a vice-chairman from its membership, and ap-
points the Director of the Department. The Commission has the power
to promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the
conservation of the resources in its charge. Such rules may restrict,
extend or enlarge the terms of the game and fresh water fish laws.
The Department enforces the game and fresh water fish laws and
such additional regulations as it enacts. It also receives the proceeds
from the sale of angling and hunting licenses, these funds being used
to finance the activities of the department (Code 1947, Art. 89,
sec. 3-5).

As of June 30, 1950, the Department owned game farms and refuges
totaling 25,000 acres. It has leased many other areas which are man-
aged under the Maryland Cooperative Game Program. The State-